Biology:Lachnaia italica

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Short description: Species of beetle

Lachnaia italica
Chrysomelidae - Lachnaia italica.JPG
L. italica ssp. italica
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L. italica – Lateral view
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cryptocephalinae
Tribe: Clytrini
Genus: Lachnaia
Species:
L. italica
Binomial name
Lachnaia italica
Weise, 1881

Lachnaia italica is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Clytrinae.

This species is found in Italy, France , and Slovenia.[1]

These beetles are 75–10 millimetres (2.95–0.39 in) long, the head and pronotum are black, the elytra are bright yellow-orange, with six black dots.

Adults mainly feeds on Rosaceae (Rubus) and Fagaceae (Quercus) species. Larvae live in nests of red wood ant (Formica rufa), feeding on vegetable refuses.

Subspecies

  • Lachnaia italica italica (Weise, 1881)
  • Lachnaia italica occidentalis (Grasso, 1963)

References

  • Horn A., 1951 - Verzeichnis der Kafer Mitteleuropas (Deutschland, Osterreich, Tschechoslovakei) mit kurzen funistischen Angaben - A. Keren Verlag, Stuttgart

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1633324 entry